Determining the Possibility and Difficulty of a 100% Organic Thanksgiving Meal

For those who are serious about organic, going on a trip or celebrating a holiday does not mean taking a vacation from organic. If anything, we want to eat organic even more during these special times.

So, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, one reasonable question that we explored was — is an all-organic Thanksgiving truly possible?

Here is a breakdown of the availability of ingredients for a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

While some people may want to use fresh ingredients instead of canned — and those fresh ingredients, such as pumpkin or sage, may not be easily available — the bottom line is that an all-organic Thanksgiving is certainly possible.

However, having an all-organic Thanksgiving is emblematic of living an organic lifestyle in today’s world — it requires research, planning and sourcing things in advance. Going to the supermarket the day before Thanksgiving and trying to procure every single organic ingredient required for the meal will be next to impossible.

New Organic Products

At a select number of locations in New York City, Juice Press has introduced its own organic, plant-based ice cream in two flavors — chocolate and berry. It contains superfoods such as cacao, acai, and baobab, but is free of any gums or stabilizers.

Hand-crafted in 2.5 gallon batches, Health-Ade’s Holiday Cheers limited edition flavor is made with cold-pressed ginger, vanilla powder, cacao powder and ground allspice. It is available while supplies last at retailers around the country.

Weekly News Summaries

Despite the fact that agronomists reported over one million acres of dicamba-injured soybeans in 14 states, in addition to many reports of dicamba damage to trees and gardens, the EPA just re-approved this Monsanto pesticide for another two years.

By Ryan McCrimmon

Politico has reported that one USDA database shows 121 million acres of organic farmland across the country, but the same database lists global organic acreage of 13.5 million acres. For the agency charged with cracking down on fraudulent organic imports, this sends a very worrying message.

As the propaganda war against organic in the media continues -- this time against organic apples -- The Organic Center pushes back and calls an AgDaily op-ed "extremely misleading and shows a basic lack of understanding of organic farming practices."

In cooperation with IFOAM-Organics International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Future Council put a spotlight on countries that are achieving great success with their organic food policies.